8 Useful Tips to Get More Traffic from Twitter
Twitter is one of the best traffic sources for many bloggers.
Are you searching for the best tips to get more traffic to your blog by using Twitter?
The importance of social media marketing has kept on increasing. Bloggers nowadays try to drive more social media traffic to their blogs. Twitter is one of the best social networking sites, and many people love to tweet daily. It is necessary to drive traffic to your blog from all the possible sources. If you want to increase social media traffic, you’ll definitely need to drive more traffic from Twitter to your blogs.
Blogging success can’t be achieved without good social media traffic. Twitter has millions of active users, and that’s why you may definitely want more and more people to tweet your blog posts to their followers.
Is getting traffic from Twitter easy?
Ah! Nothing can be achieved easily.
You need to be active, creative and at the same time, you need to connect with more and more people on Twitter. In this post, I’ll mention 8 tips that will help you get more traffic from Twitter.
Update – This post was originally published in 2015. New tips were added in 2021. More tips will be added in the future as we want you to drive more and more traffic from Twitter to your blogs and websites.
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How to Get More Traffic from Twitter? Know the Best Tips
1. Increase the Number of Twitter Followers
The most important thing that you need to do to get more traffic from Twitter is to increase the number of followers you have on Twitter. You can’t expect to get a lot of traffic from Twitter just by having 500 followers, but if the number of followers becomes 50,000, you can definitely expect to get a lot of traffic to your blogs from Twitter.
You need to connect with real people regularly as then only your followers on Twitter will increase. One thing that you can do to connect with more people on Twitter is that you can follow other bloggers on Twitter. At the same time, you can retweet the tweets of others, and you should also try to appreciate the good tweets done by the people followed by you.
2. Short Tweets and Quotes Can be Useful
Sometimes short sentences containing fewer words can be more powerful than longer ones. This is what you need to understand for driving more traffic from Twitter.
I’ve seen few bloggers having a good number of followers who often use short tweets to promote their blog posts. You just need to be creative, as well as you always need to tweet about something which can be interesting for your followers.
You need to generate curiosity, which can be only done by using short creative tweets with powerful words.
Another thing that you can do to get more retweets is you can make use of Quotes while sharing your blog posts. Some people really like Quotes, and if your Quote is interesting or motivating, they may definitely decide to retweet it to their Twitter followers.
3. Mention People in your Tweets
If your tweets are not noticed by your followers, you can definitely start mentioning people in your tweets.
You can quickly mention anyone in your tweet by tweeting with ‘@username‘. Here the username should be of the person you want to mention in your tweet.
Mentions are recommended because people mentioned in the tweets get notified about them. People you have mentioned in your tweets may decide to retweet the tweet, but if they don’t, then you shouldn’t get disappointed.
Mentions may also help you build new contacts at Twitter, which may automatically increase your followers on Twitter.
4. Make Use of Hashtags
Hashtags won’t only help you in getting maximum traffic from Google Plus, but at the same time, they’re beneficial at Twitter too. You can use the related hashtags, and you can also try to include the trending hashtags to get more exposure for your tweets.
5. Include Images in Your Tweets
An easy thing that you can do to attract people to your tweets is to upload images in some of your tweets. By attaching suitable and eye-catching photographs in your tweets, you may definitely be able to get more exposure than you did before.
You should always try to use images that people will tend to click without thinking much. If you’re good at designing software like Photoshop and Illustrator, you can definitely try to make some images for your tweets.
6. Tweet Button at the Top and Bottom of Blog Posts
Nowadays, sharing buttons have almost become a necessity. If you want to get more social shares, you definitely need to properly position the sharing buttons. I’ll recommend you have the sharing buttons at the top and at the bottoms of the blog posts. By making the sharing buttons more visible, you may be able to definitely get many more shares than you did before.
7. Schedule Your Tweets Properly
Are you tweeting at the wrong time?
Tweeting at the right time is necessary for getting maximum traffic from Twitter.
If you tweet when most of your Twitter followers are sleeping, your efforts will definitely go in vain. By tweeting at the right time, your tweets will get more exposure, and you’ll be able to get better results. Some tools can help you in scheduling your tweets at the right time.
8. Join Triberr
If you’re ready to give more time for social media marketing, then you should immediately join Triberr too. At Triberr, you’ll be able to connect with a group of bloggers who’re interested in a niche similar to yours.
Bloggers who’re a part of the Triberr group you have joined may visit your blog post and leave a comment and retweet your blog posts to their followers.
Many bloggers’ve been able to maximize their Twitter traffic by using Triberr. This is the reason which may make you get active at Triberr immediately.
Additional New Tips to get Maximum Traffic from Twitter
- Use Creative Images.
- Take part in contests.
- Be active in the #WritersCommunity.
- Participate in #Writerslife.
- Make a circle mentioning the people with whom you regularly interact on Twitter.
- Make use of a Toon-style image of yourself or a very unique, stylish image that can create a good influence on the people in your niche.
- Post regular updates in Stories.
- Post threads regularly to get the maximum likes and retweets. Informative threads may help you to get huge success on Twitter. Make sure to cover all the crucial points while writing on a particular topic as then only you’ll be able to attract more people to your thread. Also, reply to all the people responding to your threads to get maximum interaction on Twitter.
I hope that the tips mentioned in this blog post will help you get more traffic from Twitter. You won’t be able to drive a lot of traffic just by being active for a week or month. But, if you’ll stay proactive for a few months or a year, then you’ll definitely get success in driving a lot of traffic from Twitter.
Twitter is really a good source of traffic. we can get tons of traffic from Twitter. hash tagging is very important if you really want to get traffic from Twitter. it’s also help us to get more Twitter Followers. I heard about Triberr first time here. I’m not familiar with this community but I’ll definitely use this to promote my Blog.
Thanks for sharing
Gaurav
Gaurav Heera you’re definitely right. Twitter can definitely provide lot of traffic to our blogs. Yes, Triberr has been useful for many and that’s why I recommended it. I hope that you’ll be able to get more traffic from Twitter by implementing the tips shared by me.
This is great post on Twitter Mohit
Some folks think they can just go pasting tweets and they will get traffic. You brought out some really helpful points to enable us get the right results from the community.
Hope you are having a wonderful week bro
Thanks Enstine. You’re coming over to my blog after a long time. Yes, copying tweets won’t be of any benefit. One needs to be very creative for getting more traffic from Twitter. Keep coming by as I’ll be writing more posts which may help you in getting more readers for your blog.
Hello Mohit, nice blog friend and yes, I am first time on your blog from on share on social media. Loved reading this post on Twitter traffic. Social traffic has always been good for me on my couple of projects.
This is an important topic especially when Google declared that they are going to index tweets more frequently. A big and loyal social fan following is always great source of traffic and conversions.
One cent from my side: Always use A/B testing with your tweets to measure the effectiveness (ROI) and to test the user behavior.
Soumya good to know that you landed up on this post of mine because of a share on social media. I always try my best to make my posts reach to maximum number of people.
Yes, I also read about the thing that Google is going to index tweets more frequently. This is one of the reasons which made me write this post on getting more traffic from Twitter.
And Thanks for your tip. Yes, sometimes it’s necessary to know the effectiveness as it may make us understand that we are doing social media marketing in the right way or not.
Hi Mohit,
Useful post!
Indeed, if we can maximally utilize Twitter, the results obtained will also be maximized. Twitter can actually increase traffic and this article has revealed some tips to achieve those goals. 🙂
Thanks for sharing this helpful tips with us, Mohit.
Keep up the good work and see you around!
By the way, I found your blog on kingged.com and share this comment in there as well. 🙂
Regards,
Nanda
Nanda Rahmanius., yes we definitely need to become more active at Twitter as then only we will be able to get more traffic. It may not be very easy, but by working hard we may definitely be able to make full use of Twitter.
I’ve use hashtag with Twitter before and one time I get a big change with over 5k visitors with the keyword #applewatch. It’s bring to me a lot of traffic in that weeks.
However, not all time hashtag will work, you need to choose the right keyword.
ah Alize I myself didn’t thought that one keyword can bring so much traffic. Good to know about your experience. Yes Alize we need to make use of the right hashtags for getting more traffic from Twitter.
Hi Mohit,
Twitter can be one powerful way to increase traffic and so much more… I’m recently getting back on the Twitter platform after a while. I know many of my fellow bloggers use Triberr. Their traffic and engagement rates have soared using this.
Indeed, we need to know the timing of our tweets. I’m noticing more images on Twitter now than ever. This surely helped me and has given me a push to get back to that platform.
Thanks so much!
-Donna
Donna yes Twitter is definitely one of the most powerful social media sites. Yes, some bloggers are getting lot of Twitter traffic as they are very active on Triberr. I am not able to stay much active at Triberr, but in future I may definitely try to make the best use of it.
Yes, the use of images at Twitter has increased. With time, more changes will be adopted by people who love to tweet.
The importance of Twitter for bloggers may definitely increase more in future.
Hi Mohit ,
Its my First Visit your blog , and I agree With you , Social network Traffic is important and Adsense Save traffic , Twitter , Google plus ,and Facebook , i am Using Social Traffic , Your Tips , and Ammezing Very Interesting Information ,
Thanks a lot For Sharing me,
Have a Great Ahead
Mohit am the new blogger and knew social network drives more traffic at this moment am using only google plus i have a twitter button on my blog but never used.. when i read your post learnt some new tips and also from the commenters .. which is necessary want more traffic will try if it works.. will come back to this post.. thanks
Twitter is a prominent social network from where we can drive massive traffic to our blog Mohit. But I’m getting few visitors from there as I’m not spending much time to tweet the blog posts. Truly speaking, am not even using any tools to manage tweets and followers except Justretweet and thus missing huge traffic.
I aware of the ways which you’ve listed to get more visitors from Twitter, but I’m not following them due to my time restrictions. Will try to follow your tips for Twitter.
Thanks for sharing this good post for us, keep writing 🙂
We always need to manage the time that we have properly Nirmala. I too was not active at Twitter much. But from now I’ve decided to daily give some time for it. These tips may definitely help you out. I may try out some more things at Twitter and will definitely share the experience by writing a blog post about it.
Yes you are right.
Hello Mohit, Thanks for your useful Article. Really Twitter is just awesome. I have 16k Followers on Twitter and i am getting 500-600 clicks from a Single tweet from my Twitter account. And Twitter # tag is a great method to get Google Ranking.
Twitter is one of my favourite website to promote my magazine site. Mostly I use images in my tweets. Hash tags are really great to drive more traffic through twitter.
~Dr. Diana Hardy
Diana Hardy good to see you first time at my blog. I now know that you’re running a magazine site. You can definitely get more traffic by being more active at Twitter. As you said that you use images, I will advice you to make use of the right ones and avoid over using them.
Hi Mohit,
Social media is definitely important to catch up with your target audience.
Various strategies mentioned by you will help everyone to optimise their presence on twitter.
The most interesting points were triberr, mention of name it may help in personalization and the use of #.
Thank you for sharing such a valuable insights.
Hey Pritam, it is good to know that you understand the importance of social media marketing. Yes Hashtags and Triberr community definitely helps in getting more traffic from Twitter. I hope you’ll implement these tips and bring lot of twitter traffic to your blog.
Nice twitter traffic tips here, thanks for sharing this admin
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